Editing Metatron (section)

== Kirkisani ==
The tenth century [[Karaite Judaism|Karaite]] scholar [[Jacob Qirqisani]] believed that rabbinic Judaism was the heresy of [[Jeroboam]] of [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|the Kingdom of Israel]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Solomon |first=Norman |author-link=Norman Solomon |year=2009 |title=The A to Z of Judaism |url={{GBurl|KB1nSSvlz3sC|pg=PA217}} |page=217 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-810-87011-6}}</ref> He quoted a version of [https://www.sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.38b Sanhedrin 38b],<ref>{{Cite book |last=Scholem |first=Gershom |year=2011 |title=Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism |url={{GBurl|9mv10jdWKswC|pg=PA366}} |page=366 |publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-307-79148-1}}</ref> which he claimed contained a reference to the "lesser YHWH". Scholem suggests that the name was deliberately omitted from later copies of the Talmud.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cohon |first=Samuel S. |author-link=Samuel S. Cohon |year=1987 |title=Essays in Jewish Theology |url={{GBurl|C9nXAAAAMAAJ}} |publisher=Hebrew Union College Press |isbn=978-0-878-20117-4}}</ref> Extra-talmudic mystical texts such as Sefer Hekhalot do speak of a "lesser YHWH", apparently deriving the concept from [https://www.sefaria.org/Exodus.23.21 Exodus 23:21], which mentions an angel of whom God says "my name [understood as YHWH, the usual divine Proper Name] is in him".